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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34A particular welcoming in our audience to Penny and Jason,
00:37who've come all the way from Seattle just for this show,
00:40so they're very welcome, and so are all you viewers at home.
00:431st of December, we can actually mention Christmas now.
00:47So, a couple of facts, Rachel, I didn't know.
00:51Before Turkey, can you imagine what the traditional Christmas meal was?
00:55No, go on.
00:57Oh, I'm glad we live when we do.
01:00It's pig's head and mustard.
01:01That used to be it.
01:03Pig's head and mustard.
01:04Special treat.
01:05Yeah.
01:05You only have to have it once a year.
01:07Exactly.
01:08All right, anyway, the poor old turkey got it in the neck, as it were, nowadays.
01:11Christmas pudding, what did that used to be?
01:13It used to be soup with raisins and wine.
01:16That's quite interesting.
01:17That sounds all right.
01:18Brandy and soup is quite nice occasionally, particularly if there's cream involved.
01:21And thirdly, the first Christmas in the UK, apparently, was celebrated way back in 521 AD.
01:29So, there we are.
01:29Three facts that I was unaware of.
01:32There we are.
01:32What about the Christmas season appeals to you most?
01:35Oh, I love all of it.
01:36It's all the Christmas songs and then just being cold and the music and the films.
01:40I watch Home Alone and Elf every year.
01:42And I was in New York last year, so it's perfect to watch those Christmas movies, except it was 20
01:47degrees on Christmas Day.
01:49In New York, you're expecting, you know, the Christmas tree and the snow, and everyone was out having ice creams
01:54and T-shirts and shorts.
01:55It was completely bizarre.
01:57I remember years ago I went, and it was minus 18.
01:59Exactly.
01:59And you hopped from doorway to doorway because the top of your ears went.
02:04Yeah.
02:05There we are.
02:06Now then, Rachel, who have we got with us?
02:07We've got John.
02:09Sure, he's back from the Swaddling Coat, Capital Costa, Orton, the beer market.
02:12Three good wins.
02:14Well done.
02:15And good luck to you today.
02:16But you've got to get past Peter Mackerel, a salesman from Chester, who had a close encounter with a stingray
02:23when snorkelling in Sharm el-Sheikh.
02:25How big was it?
02:27I mean, without the usual fisherman's tail about it.
02:30Was it enormous?
02:31No, no.
02:32It was several feet wide, though.
02:34Three or four feet wide, I guess.
02:35And you saw the tail?
02:36Yes, indeed, yeah.
02:38Lucky escape.
02:39That's it.
02:39Lucky escape.
02:40Lucky escape for that Mackerel.
02:41Anyway, big round of applause for Pete and John.
02:47And over in the corner, of course, Susie.
02:50And, well, he's a good sport, particularly when he's presenting it.
02:53It's TV and radios.
02:55Colin Murray.
02:56Welcome, Colin.
02:56How you doing?
02:57Welcome back.
02:57I'm all right.
02:58Good, good.
02:58All right.
02:59Now, have you ever come into close contact with a stingray?
03:03No, because I have a fear of heights and deep water.
03:07Yeah.
03:07So I once went snorkelling, because your head, rationally, before you do it, you think, it's
03:12OK, I'll do it.
03:13And it was like loads of kids and stuff.
03:15It was in the Maldives.
03:16And I went out snorkelling, and I had to be rescued by the lifeguard after having a panic
03:19attack in the water.
03:20Is that right?
03:21Yeah.
03:23So, the closest I get to deep water is a bath.
03:25All right.
03:26Once a year.
03:27You're swimming in calmer waters here today.
03:30More for you a little bit later.
03:31Now then, John, let's have a letters game, shall we?
03:34OK.
03:35All right.
03:35So, can I have a consonant, please?
03:37Start the day with H.
03:41And a second one.
03:43M.
03:44And a third.
03:46N.
03:48A vowel, please.
03:50A.
03:52And one more, please.
03:54E.
03:55And a third vowel.
03:57I.
03:59A consonant.
04:01R.
04:04A consonant.
04:07K.
04:10And a final consonant.
04:12And a final T.
04:15And here's the countdown clock.
04:17A consonant.
04:18MUSIC PLAYS
04:46Now then, John.
04:48Risky seven.
04:50Seven. Pete?
04:52I've got a seven too.
04:54John?
04:54Mankier.
04:56And Pete?
04:58Thinker.
05:00Both absolutely fine.
05:02Thinker perhaps a bit nicer than Mankier, but they're both in the dictionary.
05:05All right.
05:06Now, what else have we got over in the corner?
05:08Colin, Susie?
05:09Well, we've both got Mankier.
05:10Yeah.
05:11Mankier, that's another seven.
05:12Well done.
05:13All right.
05:14Seven apiece, and it's Pete's letters game now.
05:16Pete?
05:17Consonant, please, Rachel.
05:20Pete?
05:21And another?
05:23F.
05:24And another?
05:24S.
05:27And a vowel?
05:29O.
05:30And another?
05:32A.
05:33And a consonant?
05:36R.
05:37And another?
05:40L.
05:42And another?
05:45G.
05:46And a consonant?
05:47I think we need three vowels, I'm afraid.
05:49So I'm going to leave you a third.
05:51I'm sorry, sorry.
05:51A vowel.
05:52Stand by now.
05:53Stand by.
05:54I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
06:25Yes, Pete?
06:26Six.
06:27A six, John?
06:28Six.
06:29Pete?
06:30Flowers.
06:31And groups.
06:33Flowers and groups.
06:34Groups and flowers.
06:36And Colin and Susie?
06:37We beat them.
06:38We beat them.
06:39So, yeah, we had flowers straight away.
06:41I'd like to take credit for this, but I literally said to Susie,
06:44is there anything that ends in OUS?
06:46And Susie got parlous.
06:48Oh, well done.
06:49This would be dangerous or great.
06:50Yeah, parlous.
06:51Parlous state of affairs, yeah.
06:53Yeah.
06:53All right.
06:54Thirteen apiece, and John, it's your numbers game.
06:57OK.
06:58Hi, Rachel.
06:58Can I have one large and five small, please?
07:01You can indeed.
07:01Thank you, John.
07:02One from the top row.
07:03And five little ones.
07:04And the first numbers game of the day is eight.
07:06Another eight.
07:07Ten.
07:08Five.
07:09Nine.
07:12And the target, one hundred and forty-five.
07:14One, four, five.
07:16One, four, five.
07:38One, four, five.
07:48Yes, John.
07:49One, four, five.
07:50Yes, indeed.
07:51Pete.
07:53I'm sorry, I've lost it.
07:54I thought I had it, and I've lost it.
07:56Let's turn to John.
07:58OK.
07:59Ten minus eight is two.
08:00Yep.
08:01Eight divided by two is four.
08:03It is, indeed.
08:04Twenty-five add four is twenty-nine.
08:07And multiply that by five.
08:09Perfect.
08:09Well done.
08:10One, four, five.
08:11There we go.
08:11Well done.
08:15Well done, indeed.
08:16Gives John a lead of twenty-three to Pete's thirteenths.
08:20We turn to our first tea-time teaser, which is Ed Boyles.
08:23And the clue, this is a nine-letter teaser.
08:26They've done away with the eights.
08:28This is a nine-letter teaser.
08:30They've done away with the eights.
08:47Welcome back.
08:48Welcome back.
08:49I left you with a clue.
08:49This is a nine-letter teaser.
08:51They've done away with the eights.
08:54And the answer is abolished.
08:56They've abolished the eights.
08:58So, twenty-three to thirteen.
09:00John in the lead, and it's Pete's letters game.
09:02Pete.
09:03A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:05Thank you, Pete.
09:06T.
09:07And another one.
09:08R.
09:10And another.
09:11D.
09:12And a vowel.
09:14I.
09:15And another.
09:17A.
09:18And another.
09:20E.
09:21And a consonant.
09:23G.
09:25And another.
09:27B.
09:28And a vowel.
09:30And the last one.
09:32I.
09:33Stand by.
09:34I.
09:36Doh.
09:37I.
09:38And a vowel.
09:57I.
10:01Doh.
10:03W.
10:05yes pete six thank you and john seven so pete garage garage and brigade and brigade
10:17garage and brigade and yep colin and susie what have you combined to produce
10:23um a couple of nice sevens of course uh brigade a bridge we quite like you know when you take
10:29a
10:29long piece of work on you a bridget snippet just to say garage needs two g so i have to
10:34disallow
10:34that i'm sorry um and just to absorb salt in the wind there is an eight there diatribe a diatribe
10:4330 plays a 13 john in the lead and it's john's letters game okay could have consonant please
10:48thank you john d and a consonant r and a third please t and a fourth
10:57f a vowel o a second vowel please e and a third i a consonant s
11:16and a final consonant please and lastly d counter
11:27so
11:36so
11:36so
11:36so
11:36so
11:36so
11:52Yes, John?
11:54Seven.
11:55Seven. Pete?
11:56Seven.
11:58Forties.
11:59Forties. And Pete?
12:01Frosted.
12:02And frosted.
12:03Yep, very good.
12:05Very good.
12:06Well done.
12:07Yeah, I can see you're very keen calling.
12:10What have you got?
12:10Well, because you've the spirit of Christmas about you today,
12:13you've started, Pete, with a little bit of frosted,
12:16and you have another Christmas word from just the one round.
12:20Toddies. Hot toddies.
12:22Nothing better.
12:23So with John on 37 and Pete 20, it's Pete's numbers game.
12:29One large, five small, please.
12:30Thank you, Pete.
12:31One from the top again and five little ones.
12:33And this time, the little ones are six, seven, one, ten and three.
12:40And the big one, 25 again.
12:42And the target, 797.
12:45Seven, nine, seven.
12:46And the other and five, six.
13:16So with me, I'll see you next time.
13:17Yes, Pete?
13:197, 9, 3.
13:207, 9, 3, John.
13:237, 9, 7.
13:247, 9, 7.
13:25Now then.
13:26OK, 6 times 7 is 42.
13:29Yep.
13:30Minus 10.
13:31Minus 10, 32.
13:32Times 25.
13:33800.
13:34Minus 3.
13:35Lovely. 7, 9, 7.
13:36Well done.
13:37Well done.
13:4247 plays 20.
13:43As we turn to Colin.
13:45Now then, Colin, what have you got for us today?
13:47Well, I thought this week I would talk about sporting curses.
13:51Not for any random reason, but because up until recently I was a sporting curse.
13:56I moved to Toronto in 1995 and fell in love with the sport of baseball.
14:01Now, in the previous years running up to that, the Toronto Blue Jays had won back-to-back World Series
14:06and were absolutely kings of all they pervade.
14:09The minute I walked into Watson, they went on a streak that would be the longest ever streak
14:15in American sports, active streak of not reaching the post-season, the playoffs.
14:20Now, thankfully, that ended last year when we reached the playoffs,
14:23but it was getting to the stage where I'd phone my Canadian friends.
14:25I'd say, I've got a few weeks off.
14:27I'm coming over for the baseball.
14:29And they'd say, don't come.
14:30Don't come to the baseball.
14:31And they started saying they would pay me not to go and watch the Toronto Blue Jays.
14:35So, thankfully, we've done better.
14:37But baseball is home to one of the weirdest curses in the history of sport.
14:42I'll give you the curse of the billy goat.
14:44This is the Chicago Cubs.
14:46And it goes back to 1945 when a guy called Billy Sanis took his friend Murphy to the game.
14:52He always took his friend Murphy.
14:53The problem was Murphy was a goat, and he used to sit in the stand with the goat.
14:58And the story actually goes in 1945, they decided that the goat ponged and they'd kick him out.
15:04But the actual truth is that it was the birth of commercial television, and this was a huge game.
15:10And the Cubs decided it wasn't right for their image to have a man with a goat in the crowd.
15:15And he said the great line, you Cubs, you ain't gonna win no more.
15:20And they didn't.
15:21They went from being one of the most famous old sporting franchises in American sport to not being able to
15:27win the World Series.
15:28Time after time after time.
15:31Weird incident after weird incident after weird incident.
15:34And they tried everything to reverse it, okay?
15:36They brought his nephew Sam to the game so many times.
15:39He threw out the first pitch.
15:41They hung dead goats on the statue outside the stadium.
15:45They tried to get a goat into their rivals, the Houston Astros, division rivals, to try and send the curse
15:51there.
15:51They set up a charity foundation to send goats to developing countries.
15:58And they couldn't break the curse.
16:00A guy called Steve Bartman, who knew the rules of baseball, randomly, when they looked like they were going to
16:05break the curse, reached over and touched the ball, which is fan interference.
16:08Just as they were going great, and that led to not only him receiving death threats and having to leave
16:13Chicago for a period of time, but it led to more failure.
16:16The curse of the billy goat from 1945, and in fact, they hadn't won a World Series since 1908, all
16:24because of a goat called Murphy.
16:26But, Nick, here's the thing.
16:28This year, just six weeks ago, the Cubs finally broke the curse.
16:34The goat is no more, and the Chicago Cubs are World Series champions.
16:39Fantastic.
16:44Some goat, some goat.
16:46Never bring a goat to a sporting occasion.
16:48That's the moral of that story.
16:50Well done.
16:50Great stuff.
16:51Thanks, Colin.
16:51Now then, it's 47 to beats 20, and we turn to John on 47.
16:57Your letters game.
16:58OK, can I have a consonant, please?
17:00Thank you, John.
17:01L.
17:01And a second.
17:03S.
17:04And a third, please.
17:06P.
17:08And a vowel.
17:10A.
17:11A vowel.
17:13E.
17:14And a third vowel, please.
17:15O.
17:17A consonant.
17:19N.
17:21Consonant.
17:23D.
17:26And a final consonant, please.
17:28And lastly, Z.
17:30Stand by.
18:03John?
18:04Six.
18:06Yes, Pete?
18:07Six to six is John.
18:09Planes and Pete.
18:10Planed.
18:12Happy enough?
18:13Yes.
18:13Can we beat that, then?
18:14Come on, Colin.
18:16Susie can.
18:16I've had a massive fail with a couple of left in that round.
18:20And you've got words that connect to cactuses and all sorts.
18:24Yeah.
18:24Cacti, shouldn't it be?
18:25Cacti or cactuses.
18:26Either is fine.
18:27I'm not sure how often you'll encounter either of these.
18:29Dapsone is ointment used in the treatment of leprosy.
18:34That's there for seven.
18:35And Nopales, also there.
18:37N-O-P-A-L-E-S.
18:38And they're the edible fleshy pads of the Nopale cactus.
18:41And you might find them in Mexican cooking.
18:44Indeed.
18:45All right.
18:4653 to 26.
18:48And it's Pete's letters game now.
18:49Pete.
18:50Thanks, Nick.
18:52Consonant, please.
18:53Thank you, Pete.
18:54P.
18:54And a vowel.
18:57U.
18:59And a consonant.
19:01T.
19:03And a vowel.
19:05A.
19:06And another.
19:09I.
19:10And a consonant.
19:12R.
19:14And a consonant.
19:16S.
19:18And another.
19:21T.
19:23And a vowel.
19:24And the last one.
19:26E.
19:27And here's the countdown clock.
19:29Today.
19:30To.
19:31To.
19:42To.
19:43To.
19:45To.
19:46To.
19:49To.
19:50To.
20:00Yes Pete? Seven. A seven and? Seven. Pete? Pastier. Yes John? Upstart. Ah very nice. I haven't seen that one.
20:10Yes I like that one. Upstart. Colin and Susie? We have a whole load of sevens. Putters and padders and
20:22trips and parties. I refuse to believe there's no Nick. Can we do it again?
20:26I think they might be. We'll keep trying. Thank you. All right. 60 to 33. John's numbers game. John. Can
20:34I go four big please? You can indeed. Thank you John. Four from the top row. And two little ones.
20:39And this time two small ones are five and four. And then the biggies. 150, 75 and 25. And the
20:49target 143.
20:51One, four, three.
21:22Yes John? Um. 143. 143 Pete? 143. John? Okay I did 100 plus 50. 150. And 75 divided by 25
21:34is 3. Yep. And if you add the 3 and the 4 you get 7. You do indeed. 143. Lovely.
21:40And Pete? I did exactly the same.
21:44There we go. So 70. 70 plays 43 as we turn to our second tea time teaser which is a
21:55cute goal. And the clue? There were so many errors in the mail order brochure. There were so many errors
22:01in the mail order brochure.
22:19There were so many errors in the mail order brochure. In fact there was a catalogue of errors. Catalogue. A
22:29catalogue of errors. 70 plays 43.
22:32John in the lead. John in the lead. And it's Pete's. Let us go. Pete.
22:35A consonant please Rachel. Thank you Pete.
22:38R. And a vowel.
22:41I. And a consonant.
22:44N. And another.
22:48L. And a vowel.
22:50O.
22:52And another.
22:54A.
22:55And a consonant.
22:57N.
22:58And another.
23:00V.
23:02And a vowel.
23:04And lastly.
23:05E.
23:07Tanto.
23:39Pete.
23:40I'll try an eight.
23:42Well done, John.
23:43And I'll try an eight as well, then.
23:45Pete.
23:46Overlane.
23:48And John?
23:49I've got the same.
23:51Overlane.
23:52That's the bingle in that round.
23:54Yep.
23:54Overlane's your eight.
23:55That's as good as you're going to do in that round.
23:56Well done.
23:57I think the only one as well that we got.
23:59Overlane.
24:00Simply to, from overlie, lie on top of, it's the past participle.
24:05So, Clay had overlane the beach, for example.
24:1078, page 51.
24:11John?
24:12Letters came for you.
24:13John?
24:14Consonant, please.
24:15Thank you, John.
24:17N.
24:18Consonant.
24:20T.
24:21And a third, please.
24:23C.
24:23A vowel.
24:25O.
24:27Vowel.
24:28A.
24:30A consonant.
24:33N.
24:34A vowel.
24:36I.
24:38A vowel.
24:40O.
24:44And a final vowel, please.
24:48And a final E.
24:50Stand by.
24:51I.
24:52I.
25:07I.
25:09I.
25:20I.
25:23yes oh eight and a beat um just a seven that's seven uh canteen canteen and john an action
25:34um an action absolutely brilliant well done um canteen is w n rather than i n e
25:41sorry but in action very very good indeed very good yep colin and susie i was an active
25:48turned that round loads of words nowhere near as good as yours and then yep susie so there's
25:54another nice word there yes aconite although maybe not quite so nice it's a member of the
25:58buttercup buttercup family which is good but it's poisonous uh so it's a poisonous member
26:03uh beautiful flowers but uh lethal not so good no all right well done 86 plays 51 we're back with
26:11you susie for now is the time for your wonderful origins of words what have you got for us this
26:17thursday well i can't really help turning to uh goats because uh colin was mentioning me the curse
26:24of the billy goat murphy uh i would thought i'd have a quick caper through uh words in english that
26:30have goats at their heart and some of them we've spoken about before and you might be able to guess
26:35uh caper itself uh goes back to capriol which is a leaping movement of a horse so the horse will
26:42leap
26:42up and kick out its hind legs that is known as a capriol uh and that idea of a frisky
26:48movement
26:48uh comes from uh the goats the goats sort of leap traditional leap so uh horses and goats both linked
26:55uh when it comes to capers it was actually picked up in the victorian underworld so it became a
27:01a sort of byword if you like in victorian slang for a heist so something not quite as light-hearted
27:07as we would use caper today a cabriolet today is used for an open-top car uh pretty much but
27:14of course it used to be a two-wheeled carriage that was drawn by a horse and the movement of
27:19the
27:19carriage uh it must have been quite quite speedy somehow it reminded people of again that frisky
27:25leap of a goat uh hence the name cabriolet again it's linked linked to a capriol so the goat lies
27:32behind that as well and scapegoat actually originally an escape goat you have to go back
27:37to the biblical book of leviticus for this one and god tells moses that the jewish people should take
27:41two goats and with these goats they will cast lots to determine their fate the chief priest would lay
27:47the sins of the people on one goat figuratively obviously before driving it out into the wilderness
27:52while the other was to be sacrificed and the animal that driven away is the scapegoat in other
27:59words he escaped the sacrifice uh and was thus the escape goat so there you go slightly on hoof
28:05but a quick a quick whirl if you like around goats in the english language there are many many more
28:10believe it or not it's quite a popular one when it comes to idiomatic language excellent well done
28:14thank you susie
28:21fabulous fabulous 86 to 51 john on 86 and it's pete's letters game good luck pete
28:27thanks nick f consonant please thank you pete w and a vowel a and another o and another i and
28:43a consonant d and another
28:49m and another r and a vowel e and a consonant please and the last one s count down
29:03you
29:04and
29:04and
29:33MUSIC CONTINUES
29:36A seven, John? Seven.
29:38Pete? Swarmed.
29:40And, John? Meadows.
29:44Anything to beat seven, Colin and Susie?
29:48Well, something you don't want to do here, Miss Red,
29:51and Admires is in there as well,
29:53and you get loads of sevens, actually.
29:55Another one of those rounds with loads and loads of sevens.
29:57They were my two, but you had others.
29:58Yeah, Ray Domes is there as well. Couldn't get to the eight, though.
30:01All right. 93, good score.
30:0358 for Peter's.
30:06We turn to John for the final letters game.
30:08John? OK, can I make a consonant, please?
30:10Thank you, John.
30:11R. And a second.
30:14T. And a third.
30:17J.
30:18Vowel, please.
30:20A.
30:21Another vowel.
30:23B. And a third vowel.
30:25O.
30:26A consonant, please.
30:28S.
30:30A consonant.
30:33L.
30:36And a final consonant, please.
30:37And a final C.
30:40Stand by.
30:41attention.
30:48C.
30:49Well,
31:10because there's a lot of power.
31:12Yes, John, a risky eight.
31:14A risky eight, Pete.
31:16Seven.
31:17And your seven?
31:18Clarets.
31:20Clarets.
31:20Now, what's this risk you're talking about?
31:22Sectoral.
31:23Oh, no.
31:25I think you might be lucky with this one.
31:28No luck in that.
31:29No, you're skilled.
31:31Very, very good.
31:32Relating to a distinct part or area.
31:33Well done.
31:34Excellent.
31:34Very good.
31:39Well done, John.
31:40Pushes you over the hundred mark.
31:41Two hundred and one.
31:43Pete's fifty-eight, and it's the final numbers game for Pete.
31:47Good luck, Pete.
31:47One large one.
31:49Five small ones.
31:49Thank you, Pete.
31:50One large five.
31:51Little for the last one of the day.
31:53And these numbers are two, four, five, seven, three.
31:59And the big one, one hundred.
32:01And this target, eight hundred and thirteen.
32:04Eight, one, three.
32:36Yes, Pete?
32:37Eight, one, three.
32:39Eight, one, three, John.
32:40And eight, one, three.
32:41Pete?
32:43Five plus three.
32:45Is your eight.
32:46Times one hundred.
32:47Eight hundred.
32:47Plus seven.
32:49Eight, oh, seven.
32:49Plus four.
32:50Eight, eleven.
32:51Is two.
32:51Perfect.
32:51Well done.
32:52Eight, thirteen.
32:54Same way, John?
32:55I've got it the same way, yeah.
32:56Well done.
32:56Well done.
32:57Cheers, man.
32:57Well done.
33:01So, as we roll into the final round, it's John on 111.
33:05Great score.
33:06Pete on 68.
33:07Fingers on buzzers.
33:08Gentlemen, let's roll today's countdown conundrum.
33:35Yes, John?
33:36Contrived.
33:38Contrived.
33:38Let's see whether you're right.
33:40Here we go.
33:42Contrived.
33:42Well done.
33:49Well done, John.
33:50Good score.
33:51One, two, one.
33:52Four wins now.
33:53Great stuff.
33:54Good performance.
33:55Pete, bad luck.
33:56Came on the wrong day, as it were.
33:58Beaten by a better mark.
33:59It was a tremendous score.
34:01Pete, will you take this goodie bag with you?
34:03Well, thank you.
34:03Back to Chester, and well done.
34:05We shall see you tomorrow.
34:07Fantastic score.
34:08121, guys.
34:09That's good.
34:10That's very good.
34:11We shall see you tomorrow.
34:12How are we?
34:12Colin and Susie, of course.
34:14See you then, Nick.
34:15See you then.
34:15All right.
34:16121.
34:17What do you reckon?
34:17Absolutely fantastic.
34:19I'm going to go home and celebrate your win by putting my Christmas tree up.
34:231st of December.
34:24Well done.
34:24Got to go.
34:25We'll see you tomorrow.
34:26See you then.
34:27Tomorrow, same time, same place.
34:28You be sure of it.
34:29Come back and see how John does tomorrow.
34:31Good afternoon.
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34:51Well, tonight at nine, let's see the Wallace and Gromit house in Grand Designs.
34:56That's House of the Year with Kevin.
34:57That's later.
34:58But next, hoping to settle in North Wales in coast versus country.